Wilde Imagination Amelia Thimble discussion part 2

I'll start the thread! Here are my 3 Amelias.

 

@Keri they are so cute!

And to add to the new thread, an older photo of one of my Amelias


IMG_4795 by Tide N Thyme, on Flickr

 

My AT, Moment

Moment blue by clochette62, on Flickr

 

Love her wig

This is just so much fun, her horse is perfect!

Party!
AE9CB0F7-FB34-4C59-A7ED-27D96882C076 by susanri, on Flickr

 

Thanks Susanri! No, I didn't make the outfits. They were made by Doll in Style, now know as AnyDollStyle. The room for your Americas is wonderful! Looks like Hamish is having a lot of fun jumping on the bed

 

My first Amelia wig, just love it.

796E2EE0-EA9F-4DE8-BCF6-9E0A9A4D99BF by susanri, on Flickr

 

I'm bummed out. I bid on an Amelia Thimble on Ebay and was beaten out at the last minute. She would have been my first resin BJD.

 

Awe, keep looking they come up alot, Create a search and save it, that way you get daily emails and look often I got mine as a buy it now...for under 100

 

That's good to know. I only got back into dolls a few months ago and I am an Ebay and BJD newbie. I've been using the Doll Peddler and Ebay buy-it -now prices to gauge what the market is but one doll went for $92 before I decided I really wanted one and a set of 3 of the cupids went for about $175. I had an upper limit of $150 on the Basic Amelia 2 but I wasn't going to be home when the auction ended, so I upped it to $175 before I left the house. She went for $177.50.

edit: I was looking through my watched dolls on Ebay and the set of 3 went for about $175 not $102 but still a good deal. There must have been another doll that went for around $100.

 

You guys were right, there is another Amelia that I have bid on on Ebay, so I guess they do come fairly regularly. This one is an Izzy with dark eyes. I'm not fond of the Izzy's with lavender eyes but I like the dark eyes.

There are some really gorgeous AT repaints on Pinterest which makes me think that whoever got the 3 dolls on the cloud centerpiece for about $175 got a great deal if they are going to repaint them. I don't like the ghosty cupids much which is why I didn't pay attention, plus I don't know how to repaint.

 

good luck,

Here is my recent repaint of Izzy, love the way the artist did her! I made the wig.

25F9BE89-167F-4238-9FF3-EFBF8CE74AF5 by susanri, on Flickr

 

really charming /The wig you made and the face-up really compliment each other!

 

Totally agree.
Susanri, is the wig the kind made from a piece of fur or the kind made from strands or coils of hair?

 

Not really, I made a hard cap and then glued tiny locks of black wool and its so pretty as the tips are sun bleached, Really love the results. I made another long one its super wild!

 

I was just looking through some of my very old miniature doll stuff and found some old waste canvas in there. I think it might have been intended for making wig caps. I just won my Izzy auction on Ebay, so I will have an Izzy to make wigs for soon.

Yay! I have an Izzy coming home soon! I've been looking at RealPukis too and discovered that I like Titi in addition to SoSo. I think they make good friends for Amelia. I also found some old Gail Wilson instructions for a little bear house that would be a nice simple house for Amelia, although I may go for a fairy cottage first. Also found several old Gail Wilson kits for little toys and baskets, as well as a kit for 2 bunnies about 3" tall.

 

Congrats on Izzy! She is so much fun and I think the prettiest!

Love Gail Wilson designs have many of her kits! But not the tiny ones,

 

OMG! My Izzy just arrived! Sqeeeee! She is even cuter in person! I think I am going to have to break down and buy some of those off-topic 1/12 and 1/16 and 1/24 dolls I've been admiring. I just love the little things. I've been looking on Ebay for small simple doll houses for Izzy in 1/12 scale and there are a bunch of cute kits in 1/24 scale.

 

Has anyone tried reducing patterns for the 8" Betsy McCall dolls by 50% or so to fit Amelia? I think the tricks used for 1/12 dolls will be useful too.

 

I have used Blythe “petite” patterns and realpuki with luck, I made my first stocking pattern

 

I won another auction on eb*y for another Amelia Thimble. Turns out it was from the same seller as before too. I dropped out of the bidding for the one with 3 wigs because it was clearly going to get higher than the other one. She should come this week.

 

My new Amelia just arrived. She is very cute, of course. Her stringing is pretty wonky. Her arms are a little loose which I can probably live with but her head and legs are very tight. Does the elastic wear out and get loose over time?

eta: Does anyone ever put Amelia heads on other tiny bodies? Like PukiPuki - those seem better engineered.

 

Love to see some pictures! And congrats

You can try tugging the legs or try restring her shouldn't be that hard here is a link to a tutorial
Amelia Thimble Restringing Tutorial

 

Does Amelia fit kelly/Chelsea clothing? I would love an Amelia but I also find that the Kelly clothing is cute and would love to use them?

 

I think Kelly clothes would be huge on Amelia. She is very thin.

 

Thanks Nancy I thought she was but I wasn't sure so just thought I would ask

 

I often see items offered for RealPuki or Petite Blythe/Pullip on Etsy also tagged for Amelia Thimble, so you may check there. I've had some luck with Elfdoll Tinys sharing items with her, especially more slender items from the now-defunct Lil'Bratz line.

 

I don't have Amelia but I found the Amelia Thimble clothes fit my Realpuki very well :P ....so I think Realpuki clothes will also fit Amelia Thimble dolls?

 

Thanks very much. I hope to be buying a Realpuki later this year. I really like the Amelia Thimble clothing so that is great to know.

 

I'm so glad to find an Amelia Thimble thread or two on here! I'm new to BJDs and DoA, but last summer I got an Amelia and this past fall, a Hamish. They are so cute! I tried to add a picture, but haven't yet figured out how to. In February I also got a DHS Pocca... but I can't find any info about them on here so I'm wondering if they're banned.

 

Pocca is on topic! It can be hard to find the right discussion thread. The DreamHigh Studios thread is here:
/threads/dreamhigh-studio-discussion-thread-part-2.691782/page-44

 

Thank you!

 

I would really love to know the answer to this! I have seen Betsy McCall patterns on Etsy and wondered about them.